Abstract: Created by law, Chapter 228 of Statutes 1869-1870, California's first public health agency, the State Board of Health and
Vital Statistics, began operation on March 18, 1870. This board became the second state public health agency in the nation.
Two years later, in 1872, the name of the board changed to the State Board of Health, becoming an advisory and informational
body. The Department of Public Health was created in 1927 (Chapter 276, Statutes 1927) and succeeded all of the powers and
duties of the old State Board of Health. The Department of Public Health's new administration continued to be an advisory
and informational body promoting health services for the State of California. The records of the Department of Public Health
consist of 55 cubic feet, 41 bound volumes, 48 blueprints, and 41 audiocassettes of records covering both the State Board
of Health and subsequent Department of Public Health from 1876 through 1974. The bulk of the records fall within the years
1935 to 1973, relating specifically to the duties and activities of the Department of Public Health.

Physical location: California State Archives

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English

Administrative Information

Access

Some the records within this collection are restricted due to the confidential nature of the medical information provided
about individuals. These specific series have been described and noted as restricted within the finding aid and the folders
have been marked "Restricted" as well. Government Code 6254 (c) and 6254 (f).

Publication Rights

For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the California State Archives. Permission for reproduction or publication
is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Dept. of Public Health Records, R[Record Group Number].[Series Number], [box and folder number],
California State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, California.

Acquisition and Custodial History

The California State Archives acquired the Dept. of Public Health Records according to state law.

Agency History

Chapter 228 of Statutes 1869-1870 created California's first public health agency, the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics.
The board, which began operation on March 18, 1870, consisted of seven physicians who were appointed by the governor. This
board was the second state public health agency in the nation. In 1872 the name was changed to the State Board of Health
and became an advisory and informational body.

In 1905 the Political Code was rewritten (Chapter 340, Statutes 1905) and greatly increased the responsibility of the board,
making it a de facto department of public health. The state board's powers were expanded to provide for the creation of divisions
and bureaus. The board was also expanded to eight members that now included one dentist.

The 1869-1870 act stated that a Secretary to the Board of Health was to be selected from the members of the board. The secretary
would perform and supervise the work prescribed in the act, perform other duties that the board required, and would serve
as its executive officer. The 1905 act further directed that the secretary of the board "shall enforce all orders and regulations
of the State Board of Health, and shall vigilantly observe sanitary conditions throughout the State, and take all necessary
precautions to protect it in its sanitary relations with other states and foreign countries."

The Department of Public Health was created in 1927 (Chapter 276, Statutes 1927) and succeeded to all of the powers and duties
of the old State Board of Health. The earlier body was abolished and replaced with a new State Board of Public Health that
consisted of the Director of Public Health and six other members appointed by the governor for a term of four years. The
legislation specified that the board was to be the controlling body of the department and the Director of Public Health was
to serve as its executive officer.

In 1929 the department went through a major reorganization. At the time of its creation the various departments, divisions,
and bureaus of the State Board were transferred to the Department of Public Health. These administrative units consisted
of a Division of Administration, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Division of Epidemiology, Bureau of Tuberculosis, State
Hygienic Laboratory, Bureau of Food and Drugs, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, Bureau of Child Hygiene, Bureau of Registration
of Nurses, Division of Cannery Inspections, Division of Sanitation, and Bureau of Vital Statistics. With the reorganization,
divisions were set up as major units and bureaus as subdivisions beneath them. At the time of the reorganization five divisions
were created and the various bureaus placed underneath them. The divisions were the Division of Administration, Division
of Communicable Diseases, Division of Public Health Education, Division of Sanitation, and Division of Vital Statistics.

Through the 1930s various divisions and bureaus were added to the department. The Division of Laboratories was created in
1931 when the Food and Drugs Laboratory and the water and sewage laboratory of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering were merged
with the Bacteriological Laboratory. Important bureau additions during the 1930s were the Bureau of Public Health Nursing,
Bureau of Adult Health, and Bureau of Venereal Diseases.

By the late 1930s, the divisional structure had eroded and the department more truly resembled an assembly of various bureaus.
In 1939 the director was given full authority, with the Governor's approval, to organize bureaus into divisions and to abolish
those that were no longer necessary. (Chapter 60, Statutes 1939). The statute made the directorship a four-year appointment
by the governor. The director could only be removed during the term of office for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of
duty.

Between 1939 and 1943, codification of the Health and Safety Code was completed. The codification made the Board of Public
Health an advisory board, although it did retain certain powers such as issuance of permits, licenses, and certificates.

Few major changes were made to the board after the mid-1940s. However, in 1953, legislation increased its membership from
eight to ten members, which included the director and nine other members. (Chapter 1884, Statutes 1953) The board was abolished
on July 1, 1973, with the creation of the Department of Health.

In 1943 the Director of Public Health, Dr. Wilton Halverson, requested that the Department of Finance make a survey of the
department's fiscal procedures. He also requested the American Public Health Association to make a comprehensive survey of
the department from an organizational standpoint.

The reports from these surveys were used in a reorganization of the department that took place between 1943-1945. At this
time, the department was organized into five divisions with supervision over 17 bureaus. The Division of Administration oversaw
the bureaus of Business Management, Records and Statistics, and Health Education. The Division of Preventive Medical Services
had supervision over the following bureaus: Maternal and Child Health, Oral Health, Tuberculosis, Venereal Diseases, Acute
Communicable Diseases, Public Health Nursing, and Adult Health. A Division of Local Health Services was also created. The
Division of Environmental Sanitation included three bureaus: Sanitary Engineering, Food and Drug Inspections, and Vector Control.
The Division of Laboratories oversaw the Virus Laboratory.

Numerous administrative changes were made in the late-1940s and 1950s. By 1947 the Division of Preventive Medical Services
had added two new bureaus: the Bureau of Hospitals and Bureau of Hospital Inspections. These two bureaus were combined in
1947 as the Bureau of Hospitals. Other additions to the division around this time were the bureaus of Medical Social Services,
Nutritional Services, Crippled Children Services, and Mental Health Services. The former Bureau of Oral Health received divisional
status in 1949 with creation of the Division of Dental Health. (Chapter 710, Statutes 1949)

In 1951 additional laboratory responsibilities were given to the Division of Laboratories. Laboratories added to the division
included the Bacteriological Laboratory, Food and Drug Laboratory, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, Sanitation Laboratory, Branch
Public Health Laboratory, and the Laboratory Field Services. A Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory was previously added
in 1943. By 1967, additional laboratory responsibilities included the detection of radiation, air hygiene, and metabolic
diseases.

The Division of Medical and Health Services within the Office of Civil Defense was added to the Department in 1951. This
division was established to meet the need for organized medical and health procedures to handle the large number of causalities
expected in the event of a war or natural disaster. This division jointly resided in the Department of Public Health and
the Governor's Office of Civil Defense.

The Division of Environmental Sanitation had two bureaus added to it in the 1950s and 1960s. Chapter 1312 of the Statutes
of 1955 created the Bureau of Air Sanitation. In addition a Bureau of Radiological Health was created in the early 1960s.

In the late 1950s a number of divisional changes took place. The Division of Local Health Services became the Division of
Community Health Services in late 1950s to better reflect its responsibilities. A Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation was
created in 1957 to take over the operation of the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission. (Chapter 1004, Statutes 1957) The
Division of Research was also added in the late 1950s by executive order. A separate Division of Alcoholism is created by
Chapter 1431, Statutes of 1965.

In 1962 the Department of Public Health was placed under the Health and Welfare Agency, along with the Departments of Social
Welfare and Mental Hygiene. (Chapter 2037, Statutes 1961) In 1968 it was moved to the Human Relations Agency during the
Governor's reorganization of the state government.

Governor Ronald Reagan approved a third major departmental reorganization on November 1, 1968. At this time, the divisions
were done away with and replaced by various programs and offices. The new programs and officers included the Community Health
Services and Resources Program; Preventive Medical Program; Environmental Health and Consumer Protection Program, Office of
Fiscal and Management Services, Office of Special Services, Laboratory Services, and Office of Comprehensive Health Planning.
These moves became effective December 1968.

Within series descriptions are histories and program responsibilities for divisions and bureaus that will help the researcher
place the described records within context.

The Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1970 provided for the consolidation of various departments into a single department.
The plan established a Department of Health within the Human Relations Agency that combined the former duties and functions
of the departments of Mental Hygiene, Public Health, and Health Care Services.

Scope and Content

The records of the Department of Public Health consist of 55 cubic feet, 41 bound volumes, 48 blueprints, and 41 audiocassettes
of records covering the period 1876 through 1974. The bulk of the records fall within the years 1935 to 1973. The earliest
records reflect the work of the Board of Health, which ceased operation in 1927. Records dating from 1927 and continuing
forward relate to the Department of Public Health and the Board of Public Health. Some series overlap both time periods and
have been kept together as a single series for continuity. The files consist primarily of correspondence, memoranda, reports,
surveys, meeting agenda and minutes, newspaper articles, and studies; however, publications, speeches, press releases, blueprints,
photographs, journal articles, testimony, opinions, notes, and organizational charts are found throughout the collection as
well.

The scope of the records varies widely and reflects the numerous and diverse responsibilities of the Department of Public
Health. By the 1950s, as an example, the department oversaw programs for sanitation concerns, chronic disease control, and
maternal care. This record group also illustrates the changing role of a state agency, as the Board of Health in 1870s was
mainly an information and data collection organization to the 1970s when the Department of Public Health was highly influential
in establishing public health policy not just in California but also throughout the nation. Throughout the collection the
researcher will find records illustrating the changing health concerns of the period. Among the major concerns through the
years were the plague, venereal diseases, polio, cancer, fluoridated water, radiation, and alcoholism.

The researcher will find numerous health and health-related topics in the collection. These themes include, but in no way
are limited to, sanitary conditions in towns, cities, and public facilities; disease control measures, such as for venereal
diseases, polio, and tuberculosis; public health work in California disasters, including the 1933 Long Beach earthquake and
the 1955 northern California floods; professional association activity of the directors of the Department of Public Health;
local, city, and county health activities including the work of community health departments; alcoholism; Native American
health; health issues at canneries throughout the state; community water and sewage systems; prenatal and child health conditions;
the role of the state in dealing with the "mentally retarded"; and the creation of regional comprehensive health planning
associations throughout the state in the 1960s and 1970s.

One series in particular should be emphasized. Series number 20 is an excellent source of information on many health topics
from the 1950s. Although it is the correspondence of the department director, the series can be used as a subject file for
information on the administrative divisions of the department, projects they had undertaken, diseases, professional organizations,
and other subjects.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.

Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Health (1903-1927) and its successor the Board of Public Health (1927-1973). The
minutes reflect the policy and administrative work of the board in relation to the Department of Public Health. Minutes for
the earlier years also show the board's oversight of the daily operation of the divisions of the board and later Department
of Public Health. The minutes generally contain listings of certificates, licenses, and permits issued, policy recommendations
by bureau and division chiefs, reports from the various administrative divisions, Secretary and Director's reports, administrative
regulations changes, approval of minutes, reports on public hearings for proposed regulation changes, and staff appointments.
Also within the minutes are discussions of contemporary public health concerns such as the plague in the 1900s and 1910s and
radiological health in the 1950s and 1960s.

R384.002, F3676:27

Series 2
Executive Committee Reports1914-1915

Physical Description: 1 volume

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Reports of the Executive Committee of the State Board of Health generally containing recommendations on public health issues
that would later be heard at meetings of the Board of Health. Topics heard included appointments, training schools, applications
for licenses as registered nurses, and licenses for cold storage facilities.

R384.003, F3676:28

Series 3
Secretary's Daily Activity Logs1914-1922

Physical Description: 1 volume

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Daily detailed descriptions of the actions and activities of the Secretary to the Board of Health, including such work as
communications made, meetings attended, quarantines issued, inspections completed, and complaints received. Many of the activities
were completed at the request of the Board of Health. The Secretary presented the logs at the Board of Health meetings.

R384.004

Series 4
Secretary Correspondence1884-1891

Physical Description: 1 volume

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence of the Secretary to the Board of Health related to the daily activities of the
board, such as requests for forms, following of instructions of the board, answers to questions on the role of the board,
establishment of quarantines, and correspondence with local health boards.

R384.018

Series 5
Reports of Deaths1876-1892

Physical Description: 8 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by year, within year by vicinity, and then chronologically by month.

Scope and Content Note

Statistical tabulations of deaths within localities throughout California as compiled by either local health boards or local
health physicians. The reports note the total cases, number of cases by disease, sex of victim, their ages, nativity, and
sometime remarks. The remarks often state whether the person had recently moved to the region, if their nationality was Chinese,
and if victims were related. The reports list the types of disease, such as cholera, diphtheria, fevers, alcoholism, tuberculosis,
bronchitis, heart disease, or heat stroke. Local region reports cover the years 1876-1884. Volume labeled "988" contains
totals by month for the entire state for the years 1885-1892.

R384.019

Series 6
Appropriations Ledgers1917-1920

Physical Description: 2 volumes

Arrangement

Arranged by administrative division.

Scope and Content Note

Ledger containing listings of appropriations and expenses for the 69th, 70th, and 71st fiscal years (July 1917-June 1920),
including salaries, general expenses, postage, equipment, and automotive expenses.

R384.005. Box 1/1-1/2

Series 7
Correspondence1904-1923

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged into either general or sewage inspection correspondence and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence that concern various matters of general interest to the board. The 1904-1905
general correspondence relates primarily to reports on milk and water samples taken for examination at state laboratories.
The sewage inspection correspondence, covering roughly 1915 to 1920, concern expenses for special investigations by the board
into sewage and water supplies.

R384.006. Box 1/3-1/9

Series 8
Local Health Officer Reports1905-1907

Physical Description: 7 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by month.

Scope and Content Note

Postcard size reports sent to the State Board of Health by local health officers, including officials from cities, towns,
and counties. Reports list the number of diseases within the previous month to appear within the region. Some reports include
remarks on quarantines, epidemics, outbreaks, and general public health conditions and concerns.

R384.007. Box 1/10-2/4

Series 9
Sanitary Inspection Reports1914-1920

Physical Description: 19 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged numerically by inspection report number.

Scope and Content Note

Reports, often accompanied by correspondence, notes, and photographs, were completed by the State Sanitary Inspectors for
the Board of Health. Reports were for inspections of sanitary conditions at hotels, lodging establishments, ports, camps,
trains, hospitals, towns and cities, water supplies, jails, and other public facilities. These reports note sanitary conditions
of buildings, such as cleanliness, sewage problems, and rodent infestations. Reports often noted concerns about the Japanese
and Chinese communities within a town or city. Series is incomplete.

R384.008. Box 2/5

Series 10
Northeastern California Indian Survey1920-1921

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Series contains one item.

Scope and Content Note

Typewritten report discussing population, land holdings, habitats and living conditions, contact with federal and state government,
sickness, and education of Native Americans principally living in Shasta and Modoc counties. Report is titled: "A Survey
of the Indians of Northeastern California as Requested by His Excellency William D. Stephens, Governor, by Allen F. Gillihan,
M.D., District Health Officer and Alma B. Schaffer, R.N., Public Health Nurse, for State Board of Health." Report is incomplete,
missing pages 13-18, 26-29, and 31-41.

R384.009. Box 2/6-2/19

Series 11
Secretary's Subject Files1916-1939

Physical Description: 14 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Subject files kept by the Secretary to the State Board of Health that contain correspondence, maps, photographs, notes, reports,
and other material concerning a wide range of topics including Clinic Law, Newspaper Releases (1927-1939), Paper/Speeches
(1925-1928), Swimming Pools, White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, and Yosemite Valley Sanitation (1916-1919).
Also found within the series is one file on the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 which includes a summary of health conditions
and public health concerns about the water supply and sewage disposal following the event. Topics of speeches include "Plague
in California," "Mexicans as a Health Problem," and "Sanitation in the St. Francis Dam Disaster." The file on Bureau of Laboratories
includes photographs of state laboratories and employees, ca. 1916-1925.

R384.010. Box 2/20-2/33

Series 12
Food and Drug Inspection Files1918-1939

Physical Description: 14 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject of investigation and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, telegrams, and reports related to investigations carried out by the Bureau of Foods
and Drugs for the State Board of Health. Investigations were conducted on the following: Aluminum and Copper Cooking Utensils,
Arsenic Poisoning, Bread, Botulism, Calm Diggers, Eggs, Fish Canneries, Milk, Narcotics, Olives, Oysters, Spinach, Swift and
Company, and Tomatoes.

R384.011. Box 3/1-3/4

Series 13
Malaria Control Files1922-1932

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged with general file first, then alphabetically by district name, and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, papers, lists, and agreements relating to such topics as conditions within mosquito abatement districts, use
of gambusia fish to control of malaria, Cottonwood Mosquito Abatement District, Los Molinos Abatement District, and Oroville
Mosquito Abatement District.

Records of the Legal Division1911-1923

R384.012. Box 3/5-3/17

Series 14
Attorney Opinions1911-1923

Physical Description: 13 file folders

Arrangement

Opinions are arranged numerically by opinion number and correspondence are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Opinions by the attorney for the State Board of Health on issues such as powers of the Board of Health, registration of vital
statistics, means of controlling contagious diseases within and into California, pollution of streams and other bodies of
water, sanitary concerns, quarantines, powers of municipalities, reporting of diseases, and legality of various laws including
the Vaccination Law, Nurse's Registration Act, Plumb Act, and Milk Law. Two folders of correspondence containing background
on the opinions.

Records of the Bureau of Social Hygiene1919-1921

Scope and Content Note

The Bureau of Social Hygiene was established in 1917 as a war measure and continued to function until 1924. The bureau approved
hospitals for use in indigent cases and provided medical supplies for treatment of venereal diseases.

R384.013 Box 3/18

Series 15
General Correspondence1919-1921

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, outline of work, statistical reports on venereal clinics, and memoranda regarding budgeting and appropriations
for bureau and bureau's work with venereal diseases. Also included are letters to legislators supporting the bureau.

Division of Administration

Records of the Divison of Administration1949-1973

R384.014. Box3/19-3/20

Series 16
Administrative Files1972-1973

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either director or department file and chronologically thereunder

Scope and Content Note

Files on the functions, powers, duties, responsibilities, and policies of the Director of Public Health and the Department
of Public Health. The director's file contains correspondence and memoranda related to his powers and duties in respect to
public health matters as defined by code. The Department of Public Health file consists of press releases, correspondence,
statements, fact sheets, and lists concerning its assignments, long-term objectives, and responsibilities.

R384.015. Box 3/21-4/4

Series 17
Building and Cnstruction Files1949-1962

Physical Description: 10 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either Building Program or Headquarters Construction and within subject chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Reports, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper articles, and hearing notes related to the expansion and construction of new
department and headquarter buildings near the University of California at Berkeley campus. The headquarters construction
files include discussion on the space requirements and needs for the various divisions, contracting for construction, capital
outlays, and site acquisition.

R384.016. Box 3/21-4/4

Series 18
Sacramento Relocation Files1972-1973

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, Senate Resolution, correspondence, newspaper articles, and report on the proposed move of the Department of Public
Health from Berkeley to Sacramento. Topics discussed include relocation allowances, moving expenses and the impact of employees
having to move to Sacramento.

Records of the Office of the Director1920-1962

R384.017. Box 4/6-4/8

Series 19
Director's Logs1926-1941

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Daily dairies of activities by the director that note where the director worked during that day, meetings and conferences
participated in, subjects of meetings, and who attended. Series is incomplete. See also series R384.003, Secretary's Daily
Activity Logs.

R384.020. Box 4/9-14/32

Series 20
Correspondence1951-1962

Physical Description: 339 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence kept by the department director on a wide variety of topics. The correspondence files also served as subject
files for the director. Files contain correspondence, memoranda, studies, reports, speeches, publications, presentations,
recommendations, policy papers, agreements, meeting agendas and minutes, press releases, charts, resolutions and other materials.
Files generally fall into three categories: (a) departmental divisions and bureaus, such as Division of Medical and Health
Services or Bureau of Sanitary Engineering; (b) diseases, including poliomyelitis and tuberculosis; and (c) professional associations
and committees, including the California Medical Association, American Public Health Association, and U.S.-Mexico Border Public
Health Association. Notable files include Fluoridation (and the public water supply), Governor's Council (including Director's
monthly reports), Legislation, Migrant Health, Pollution-Air, and Radiation Fallout. Also included are files on "Olympic
Games" that contain correspondence, report on public health planning, and daily reports on public health conditions during
the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley.

R384.021. Box 14/33-15/3

Series 21
Legislative Correspondence1935, 1949

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, bills, and telegrams between legislators and the Department of Public Health regarding legislation
affecting the department. Of particular interest is a 1935 bill on psittacosis.

R384.022. Box 15/4-15/7

Series 22
Speeches1954-1964

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Speeches, addresses, presentations, articles, and testimony by Malcolm H. Merrill, Director of Public Health, concerning a
wide range of public health topics. Themes of talks include fluoridation of water supplies, air pollution, community health,
chronic diseases control, aging, California's population explosion, departmental role in disaster medical care, tuberculosis
and polio in California, venereal diseases eradication efforts, and occupational health activities in public health practice.

R384.023. Box 15/8

Series 23
Migratory Workers Statement1940

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Series contains one item.

Scope and Content Note

Testimony describing health services to migratory agricultural workers, titled "Statement on Health Problems among Migratory
Agricultural Workers made at the Request of LaFollette Committee on Civil Liberties, by W.M. Dickie, M.D., Director, California
State Department of Public Health." (34 pages.)

R384.024. Box 15/9-15/11

Series 24
Newspaper Clippings1953-1960

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged Chronologically by year.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clippings from papers throughout the state on issues and topics of interest to the Director of Public Health. Such
topics include polio and vaccinations, Salk vaccine, new staff appointments, Governors' statements on health issues, signed
or pending legislation, alcoholism, smog, and similar subjects.

R384.025. Box 15/12-15/13

Series 25
Governor's Council Reports1928-1931

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged Chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly reports by the Department Director for the Governor's Council that include departmental activities by administrative
division.

R384.026. Box 15/14

Series 26
Long Beach Earthquake Report1933

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Series contains single item.

Scope and Content Note

Report titled "Public Health Activities in an Earthquake Disaster: A Report of Cooperative Work in Long Beach" that notes
public health work during and after the disaster. File includes black and white photographs of the damage and relief efforts.

R384.027. Box 15/15-15/17

Series 27
Attorney General Files1920-1939

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Opinions are arranged numerically by opinion number and correspondence are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Opinions by the Attorney General, usually completed upon the request of the Department of Public Health on issues involving
the department. Opinions include such topics as position appointments, nurse registration, registration of vital statistics,
food regulation, and sewage disposal. An index to the opinions is found in the first folder. Correspondence include requests
for opinions, opinions, and answers to legal concerns by the Attorney General for the Department of Public Health.

R384.028. Box 15/18-15/20

Series 28
Local Organizational Surveys1923-1940

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by city or county and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, interview notes, memoranda, and reports pertaining to needs and conditions of local health organization as
determined by the senior epidemiologist for the Department Director. The reports are especially concerned with the public
health experience and background of public health officers and the unification of city and county health departments. Included
is a report on the organization of relief health work in the area affected by the 1933 earthquake near Long Beach.

R384.029. Box 15/21-15/23

Series 29
Health Officer Development Files1922-1940

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by community and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Tables, charts, correspondence, and expenditure data related to the development of full-time health officers for cities, counties,
and rural districts as encouraged by the department.

Records of the Bureau of Accounting Services1939-1941

R384.030. C1855

Series 30
Control Ledger1939-1941

Physical Description: 1 bound volume

Arrangement

Arranged in inverse chronologically order and within by division.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly budget reports listing debits and credits, where funds came from, salaries and wages, materials and supplies, services
and expenses, property, and equipment.

Records of the Bureau of Health Education1945-1960

Scope and Content Note

The Bureau of Health Education provided health advice, services, and consultations to local health departments, other administrative
units of the Department of Public Health, and other state agencies and organized groups.

R384.031. Box 15/24-16/13

Series 31
County Health Department Correspondence1945-1951

Physical Description: 14 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by county and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, lists, reports, articles, and field reports between the Chief of the Bureau of Health Education and county
health departments relating to visits to the local departments, help with hiring county public health officials, needs of
county public health officers, and general public health conditions throughout the county. Counties represented include San
Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Tulare, and Ventura. Of interest
in the Santa Barbara County file is a report titled "Customs of Mexican-Americans."

R384.032. Box 16/14-16/18

Series 32
California Rural Health Council Files1948-1960

Physical Description: 5 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged into correspondence and conference subseries and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, polls, meeting schedules, conference programs, meeting summaries and minutes, and reports relating to the
California Rural Health Council, an organization of many distinct groups that was set up in 1952 to obtain maximum health
for all rural citizens through common planning and action of its member organizations. Issues discussed include organization
of the council and the study of what were important rural health problems.

Records of the Legislative Liaison1965-1974

R384.033. F3877:149-230

Series 33
Legislative Bill Files1965-1974

Physical Description: 82 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged numerically by bill number within legislative session.

Scope and Content Note

Bill files containing program and fiscal analyses, enrolled bill reports, agency position statements, correspondence, memoranda,
background reports, and data relating to legislation sponsored by or affecting the Department of Public Health.

Narrative and statistical reports by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and later by the Chief of the Bureau of Vital
Statistics to the Director of the Department of Public Health noting work completed within the previous month including certification
issues, indexing completed, requests answered, and compilations of statistics on births, deaths, and marriages.

Division of Administration

Scope and Content Note

The Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation was established by Chapter 1004 of Statutes 1957. It was created to engage in the
treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics by contracting with local governmental agencies or non-profits for the development
of local programs and establishment of clinics for treatment and rehabilitation. The division was required to investigate
and study all phases of rehabilitation of alcoholics and the reduction and prevention of chronic alcoholism. The chapter
also abolished the Alcohol Rehabilitation Commission and gave all of its powers, duties, responsibilities, and jurisdiction
to the Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation.

Records of the Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation1948-1961

R384.035. Box 16/20-17/9

Series 35
Orgainzational Files1955-1961

Physical Description: 17 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by organization and chronologically therein.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, surveys, agendas and minutes, reports, member lists, questionnaires, and similar materials related to the
Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation's membership in alcohol rehabilitation-related organizations. Organizations include
the American Public Health Association, California Conference of Local Health Officers, Clinic Director's Meetings, Governor's
Committee on the Study on Medical Aid and Health, Human Population Laboratory Policy Advisory Committee, National Council/Committee
on Alcoholism, State Mental Health Coordinating Committee, and the Tuberculosis and Health Association.

Correspondence, field reports, comments on clinics, meeting notes, narrative reports, and progress reports concerning establishment,
funding, oversight, and guidance of pilot community alcoholic rehabilitation centers or clinic. The department did not run
the clinics, although it did provide support and supervision for their operation. Clinics were located in Alameda, Los Angeles,
Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, and Santa Clara counties.

R384.037. Box 18/1-18/6

Series 37
Pilot Program Files1953-1961

Physical Description: 6 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by program and chronologically therein.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, applications, contracts, allocations, field reports on clinics, lists, and agreements related to the organization
and administration of pilot programs sponsored by the department that dealt with alcoholism. Projects included the Lembert
Research Program at U.C. Davis headed by Dr. Edwin Lembert and its study of the relationship of problem drinking and alcoholism
to the structure and functioning of the family; the Pace Study by Dr. Nello Pace at U.C. Berkeley on the effect of alcohol
on metabolic and hormonal patterns in man; the U.C.L.A. Clinic Study on research into methods of diagnosis and treatment of
alcoholic patients as overseen by Dr. Keith Ditman; and Volunteers of America Study at an Alcoholism Clinic in Los Angeles.

R384.038. Box 18/7-19/3

Series 38
Daily Correspondence1956-1960

Physical Description: 19 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Selected outgoing correspondence and memoranda of the Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation and Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission
relate to such topics as appointments and resignations, programs administered by the division and commission, progress reports,
contracting information, and community pilot alcoholic rehabilitation clinic programs.

R384.039. Box 19/4-19/5

Series 39
Reports1957-1961

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by type of report. Quarterly Reports are arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Quarterly reports of the Chief of the Division of Alcoholic Rehabilitation to the Director of Public Health on the operation
of the following subdivisions: Administration, Study and Investigation, Treatment and Rehabilitation, Information, and Education
and Training. Also separate report titled "Health Aspects of Administration of Welfare Medical Care in California."

R384.040. Box 19/6-19/7

Series 40
Research Section Files1958-1961

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either general correspondence or monthly reports and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, and tables pertaining to work of the research section on alcoholism and related health problems.
Files include monthly reports of staff to the section chief or the section chief to the division chief on issues such as administration,
personnel, progress on studies and projects, and meetings.

R384.041. Box 19/8-19/10

Series 41
Study and Investigation Section Correspondence1948-1960

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Selected incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Section Chief, Dr. Wendell Libscomb, concerning projects and studies
related to alcoholism sponsored by the Department, inquiries about his views towards alcoholism, contact with programs within
California and the United States, and clinics in California. Correspondences also reflect Lobscomb's tenure as supervisor
of the Alcoholism Studies Project within the Bureau of Chronic Diseases.

Records of the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission1954-1957

Scope and Content Note

The Alcoholic Rehabilitation Commission was created by chapter 22 of the first extraordinary session of 1954 to investigate,
study, and engage in all phases of the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics, and to investigate and study other factors
necessary to the reduction and prevention of chronic alcoholism and other excessive use of alcohol. The commission was composed
of nine members who would elect one as the chairman. They selected a secretary to oversee the program and operation of the
commission. The chapter also required that the commission would cease to exist September 30, 1957. Chapter 1004 (Statutes
1957) transferred all of the books, papers, and records to the Department of Public Health.

R384.042. Box 19/11-19/14

Series 42
Minutes1954-1957

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly commission meeting agendas, minutes, and progress reports that include information on community pilot alcoholic clinics
and pilot hospitalization plans, budgeting, research projects, committee reports, resolutions, and other background information.

R384.043. Box19/15

Series 43
Commission Members File1954-1957

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by commission member and chronologically thereunder.

Arranged alphabetically by staff member and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, and reports by commission staff including Associate Research Technician Bern Jacobson, Acting Secretary
Harold B. Jamison, and Executive Secretary Robert Tuttle. Memoranda discuss establishment of the commission, development
of alcoholic research studies, comments on other state programs, notes on field trips, summaries of activities, and meeting
notes.

R384.044. Box19/23

Series 45
Clinic Advisory Committee File1956

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, and reports by commission staff including Associate Research Technician Bern Jacobson, Acting Secretary
Harold B. Jamison, and Executive Secretary Robert Tuttle. Memoranda discuss establishment of the commission, development
of alcoholic research studies, comments on other state programs, notes on field trips, summaries of activities, and meeting
notes.

The Secretary of the Board of Health first established a Bureau of Epidemiology in 1906. After a series of administrative
changes it was placed under the Division of Communicable Diseases during the 1929 reorganization of the Department of Public
Health. The bureau was responsible for receiving and tabulating reports of cases of communicable diseases, special investigations
into epidemics, and establishing safeguards against the introduction of communicable diseases from other state and foreign
countries.

R384.047. Box 20/15-20/16

Series 47
Monthly Reports1933-1943

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly activity reports by the Bureau of Epidemiology Chief for the Director of Public Health on activities including epidemiological
investigations, special investigation work, immunizations, tables of communicable diseases reported within previous month,
and notes on prevalent diseases.

R384.048. Box 20/17-20/24

Series 48
Disease Files1931-1944

Physical Description: 8 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by disease and chronologically therein.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper articles, reports of diseases, responses to outbreaks, bulletins, regulations
for control, public health official notices, and individual case notes and reports related to various diseases of concern
to the public. These diseases include bubonic plague, cancer, chicken pox, coccidioidal granuloma, diphtheria, dysentery,
and gastro-intestinal. Of note is an investigative report on a dysentery outbreak in the Owens Valley during May-June 1941.

Conditions of Use

Restricted per Government Code 6254(c).

Records of the Bureau of Tuberculosis1933-1941

Scope and Content Note

Chapter 692 of Statutes of 1911 created the California Tuberculosis Board to make a special investigation of the prevalence
of tuberculosis in California. One of the recommendations of this board was the establishment of a Bureau of Tuberculosis.
In 1915 this bureau was placed under the control of the Board of Health and in the 1929 Department of Public Health organization
it was placed under the Division of Communicable Diseases. Its functions included inspection and establishment of standards
for tuberculosis hospitals, surveys of communities to determine the extent of tuberculosis, and distribution of literature.

R384.049. Box 20/25-20/26

Series 49
Monthly Reports1933-1941

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly narrative reports by the chief of the Bureau of Tuberculosis to the Director of the Department of Public Health noting
the activities of the chief and division within the previous month. The reports detail conditions throughout the state and
in specific regions, meetings attended, investigations into "cures," concerns about immigration, notes of hospitals and sanitariums
inspected, conditions in migratory camps, numbers of cases, and concerns about bureau funding.

Records of the Bureau of Venereal Diseases1938-1955

Scope and Content Note

The Bureau of Venereal Diseases was created by chapter 787 (Statutes 1937) for the prevention, control, and cure of venereal
diseases. It worked with physicians and surgeons, medical schools, public and private hospitals, and other groups to control
the diseases. The bureau also disseminated information regarding treatment and prevention, established clinics, and conducted
surveys.

Arranged alphabetically by bureau staff member and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of Bureau of Venereal Diseases staff including Ann Haynes, Max R. Kiesselbach, Malcolm
Merrill, and Hamlet C. Pulley. Topics discussed included bureau budget cuts, qualifications for laboratory workers, educational
work, duties of the bureau, legislation affecting venereal diseases, premarital screen, clinic works, and development of treatment
centers. Kiesselbach's correspondence include memoranda on field trips to local health departments and their use of penicillin.

R384.052. Box 21/4-21/6

Series 52
Bureau Chief's Reports1940-1942

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by type of report (either weekly or special reports) and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Weekly reports by Dr. Malcolm Merrill, chief of the Bureau of Venereal Diseases, which summarize his daily activities that
ranged from routine to policy. The weekly reports also contain notes on meeting, conference, and discussions as well as brief
summaries of bureau activities. The Special Reports were notes from meetings, especially with local health officers.

R384.053. Box 21/7

Series 53
Venereal Disease Seminar File1953-1955

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Agendas, programs, abstracts of papers, memoranda, and correspondence relate to a venereal disease control seminar held by
the U. S. Public Health Service.

Division of Dental Health

Scope and Content Note

The Division of Dental Health was established in 1949 by statute (Chapter 710). The division had the responsibility for administering
a program to protect and improve the dental health of the public. The program's implementation was by advisory and consultative
services to local health departments, community groups, and others; studies of dental manpower; and promotion of training,
clinic facilities, and fluoridation of the water supply.

Records of the Division of Dental Health1957-1963

R384.054. Box 21/8-21/9

Series 54
California State Dental Association Files1957-1960

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, minutes of the Dental Health Education Committee, and newsletters related to items of interest to
the division and California State Dental Association/California Dental Association such as fluoridation, dental health care
programs, and field service programs. Also included are summaries of Division of Dental Health functions and activities.

R384.055. Box 21/10-21/18

Series 55
County Files1959-1961

Physical Description: 9 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by year and within year alphabetically by county.

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper articles, newspapers, brochures, flyers, correspondence, minutes, annual reports, and similar materials related
to surveys of local health department dental studies and elementary schools, promotion of local dental health workshops, dental
health nutrition program, and fluoridation. Also one file of comments and summaries of local projects.

R384.056. Box 21/19

Series 56
Monthly Reports1958

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly division activity reports by the chief of the Division of Dental Health to the Director of Public Health that note
programs, projects, surveys, and field trips performed by the division.

R384.057. Box 21/20-21/21

Series 57
U.S. Public Health Service Files1961-1963

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, monthly reports, and similar materials related to residency training programs, cleft palate studies,
and the National Dental Health Center at the Public Health Service hospital in San Francisco, which was established in 1961
for research and training.

Division of Environmental Sanitation

Records of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering1912-1968

Scope and Content Note

The Bureau of Sanitary Engineering was established in 1915 by Chapter 478 (Statutes 1915) under the Board of Health and placed
under the Division of Sanitation in 1929 when the Department of Public Health was reorganized. In 1944 it was placed within
the Division of Environmental Sanitation at the time of the division's creation. The bureau was responsible for the departmental
program in the fields of sewage disposal, industrial waste disposal, water contamination and water supply, as well as certain
aspects of general sanitation of bathing places and recreation areas. It also commented on plans for community disposal plants
and water supply systems, provided technical engineering advise, and supervised mosquito control.

R384.058. Box 21/22-21/23

Series 58
Monthly Reports1933-1941

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly narrative reports of the chief of the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering to the Director of Public Health regarding a
wide range of activities such as municipal sewage disposal and water supplies, federal aid for projects, mosquito abatement,
sewage irrigation, clam and shellfish sanitation, swimming pools, and 1933 Long Beach Earthquake sanitation concerns.

R384.059. Box 21/24-21/25

Series 59
Resolutions1921-1933

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Board of Health resolutions regarding sewage disposal, sewer farms, declaration of public menaces, granting and denial of
sewage and water permits, permits to construct and operate swimming pools, and similar topics.

R384.060. Box 21/26-22/18

Series 60
Sanitary Engineering Surveys1930-1935,1944

Physical Description: 19 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by city.

Scope and Content Note

Narrative reports describing municipal water and sewage systems. The reports include details on the historical background
of the system, number of connections, sewers, outfalls and outlets, treatment methods for waste, wells, source of water supply
and main works, and other physical features of the systems. A few reports, including Auburn, Atwater, Lodi, and Sutter Creek,
have photographs of the system. Within this series is a subseries of blueprints for many of the community sewage and sanitary
systems. Blueprints are often of general maps of towns showing water lines, sewage lines, processing plants, and reservoirs.

R384.061. Box 22/19-23/14

Series 61
Sewage Disposal Permit Files1912-1953

Physical Description: 16 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by city, county, or sewage district.

Scope and Content Note

Applications, correspondence, surveys, reports, photographs, maps, notes, resolutions, and other background material used
by the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering to issue permits for sewage disposal, improvements and changes to sanitary and sewage
facilities, and sewer systems. The series is incomplete covering only Mill Valley, Modesto, Monterey, Montara, Northeast
Sacramento Sanitation District, Oakdale, Ontario, and Orange County. The Mill Valley files include plans and specifications
for its sewage disposal works (1912) and the Monterey files have surveys of bacteriology on its "Cannery Row." The Orange
County files concentrate heavily on La Habra.

R384.062. Box 23/15-23/19

Series 62
Water and Sewage Supply Reports1912-1938

Physical Description: 5 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Reports by the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering on municipal water supply and sewage disposal systems. Reports on sewage and
sewage disposal systems in Hanford (1912) and Orange (1913) were the most complete, describing the domestic water supply,
background on the city, fire protection water supply, and existing and proposed sewage works. Latter reports were conducted
as investigations or for permits on water and sewage systems, and include many reports from San Diego and Imperial counties.
A 1917 report describes the water system at the Bohemian Grove.

R384.063. Box 23/20-25/3

Series 63
Water Supply Permit Files1949-1968

Physical Description: 27 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by county.

Scope and Content Note

Applications by cities, municipal water districts, city utilities, water companies, and other entities for permits to furnish
or supply water for domestic use through an integrated pipe system. Permit applications contain correspondence, maps, photographs,
reports summarizing existing sources and main works, how water is treated, maintenance and operation of the system, water
consumption and number of consumers, appraisal of the system, and the finding of the State Department of Public Health on
the issuance of the permit.

Records of the Bureau of Food and Drug Inspections1933-1956

Scope and Content Note

In 1907, a state laboratory for the analysis and examination of food and drugs was established under supervision of the State
Board of Health. In 1910 its name was changed to the Bureau of Food and Drugs and later became the Bureau of Food and Drug
Inspections. The Bureau of Food and Drug Inspections was placed under the Division of Sanitation in 1931. The bureau administered
a program to insure the purity of food and drugs in California through the inspection of manufacturing, wholesale, and retail
outlets throughout the state. It also enforced laws related to adulteration of food and drugs, cold storage, wine and alcohol
standards, and importation of eggs. In 1945 the bureau was placed in the newly created Division of Environmental Sanitation.

R384.064. Box 25/4-25/6

Series 64
Monthly Reports1933-1941

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Activity reports by the chief of the Bureau of Food and Drug Inspections to the Director of the Department of the Public Health
detailing the activities completed by the chief and staff during the previous month. The reports include lists of laws enforced,
number of inspections, surveys underway by the bureau, activities by region, court cases involved in, materials placed either
in quarantine, destroyed, or released, and similar subject matter. The bureau was responsible for enforcement of such laws
as the Pure Food Act, Pure Drug Act, Egg Standardization Act, Food Sanitation Act, Imported Egg Law, and Cold Storage Law.

R384.065. Box 25/7-25/14

Series 65
Legislative Files1951-1953

Physical Description: 8 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either bill files or subjects. Bill files are arranged by bill number within legislative session and subject
files are arranged chronologically.

Survey of beers sold throughout California concerning analysis of the alcoholic content of beers. Within files are citations,
laboratory analyses, bottle labels, inspection reports, and other data. Two file folders relate strictly to Anheuser-Busch.

Correspondence, photographs, reports, lists, quarantine notices, voluntary condemnation and destruction forms, newspaper articles,
photographs, and other material related to the December 1955 flood in northern California. Much of this series concerns public
health concerns during and after the flood including the damage, destruction, or quarantine of flood-damaged food, liquors,
livestock, and beverages. Specific subject files include Emergency Flood Information, Flood Damage, General Inspection Forms
(from Santa Cruz County), and Publicity.

R384.069. Box 27/10-27/12

Series 69
Prison and Jail Inspection Files1939-1948

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either prison or jail files and chronologically therein.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, and newspaper articles related to investigations into San Quentin state prison and various county
jails. Investigations were often at the instigation of requests to look into living conditions within the facilities. The
San Quentin files focuses on the cafeteria.

R384.070. Box 27/13-29/1

Series 70
Cannery Inspection Board Meeting Minutes1933-1954

Physical Description: 34 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Agendas, minutes, background correspondence, charts, meeting transcripts, motions, and cost reports concerning the operation
of the Cannery Inspection Board. Topics discussed included budgeting, work with the Division of Fish and Game, appointments
to the board, inspection costs, laboratory research, legislation, and other subjects. Also included are summary reports of
the Fish Research Laboratory of the Hooper Foundation and minutes of the meeting of the Committee on Inspection and Research
Covering Fruits, Vegetables, Animal Foods, and Specialties.

R384.071. Box 29/2-29/7

Series 71
Cannery Over-All Study1951

Physical Description: 6 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged into two subseries (committee meeting files and reports) and chronological thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports and surveys, agendas, resolutions, meeting minutes and transcripts, and background information for
the Committee to Study the Over-All Picture of Cannery Inspection. The committee was formed by the Cannery Inspection Board
with the goal to eliminate some of the costs from inspections through economies in the actual inspection and administrative
departments. Also included are committee reports.

R384.072. Box 29/8

Series 72
Cannery Inspection Bureau Monthly Reports1933-1941

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly reports by the Chief of the Cannery Inspection Bureau to the Director of Public Health noting the volume of products
packed and sterilized under the supervision of the Bureau. Also included are notes on the canning season for various products
including vegetables such as artichokes, asparagus, olives, and spinach; specialty products such as shad roe; and fish such
as tuna, mackerel, and sardines. Series is incomplete.

R384.073. Box 29/9-29/11

Series 73
Fisheries Technical Advisory Committee Files1950-1954

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, correspondence, committee annual reports, recommendations, membership lists, and other information on the
Fisheries Technical Advisory Committee, which dealt with improving technical problems of the fish canning industry. The committee
was an advisory body to the Cannery Inspection Board that recommended research projects, advised and assisted laboratories
with projects, and reviewed the work of the Fish Research Laboratory of the Hooper Foundation.

Records of the Bureau of Sanitary Inspection1934-1943

R384.074. Box 29/12-29/14

Series 74
Monthly Reports1934-1943

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Activity reports from the Chief of the Bureau of Sanitary Inspections to the Director of Public Health including notes on
surveys, such as rodent plague survey activities, aviary inspections, beach sanitation investigations, and special investigations
on sewage disposal and garbage dumps. Statistical data includes numbers of surveys, inspections, and re-inspections, squirrels
shot, and number of investigations into sanitation at highway food supply places.

Records of the Bureau of Radiological Health1956-1959

R384.075. Box 29/15

Series 75
Monthly Reports1934-1941

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Reports, statements, and articles regarding issues such as radioactivity in California following nuclear weapons tests, challenges
of nuclear energy, and surveillance of radiological fallout. Reports were either created or collected by the Bureau of Radiological
Health.

Division of Laboratories

Scope and Content Note

The Division of Laboratories was created in 1931 when the Foods and Drugs Laboratory and water and sewage laboratory of the
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering were merged with the Bacteriological Laboratory. The division made examinations where communicable
diseases were suspected, distributed prophylactic outfits to physicians and midwives for the prevention of blindness in new-born
infants, made chemical products for state hospitals, made bacteriological and chemical examinations of water supply and sewage
disposal plants.

Records of the Division of Laboratories1933-1943

R384.076. Box 29/16-29/19

Series 76
Monthly Reports1933-1943

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly activity reports by the chief of the Bureau/Division of Laboratories to the Director of the Department of Public Health.
Reports were generally statistical with some of the later years including narrative descriptions of work accomplished. Reports
note, for example, the number of examinations made by the various laboratories within the division, tabulations of analyses,
samples received, samples taken, and vaccines distributed.

Division of Local/Community Health Services

Records of the Division of Local Health Services and Division of Community Health Services1941-1965

Minutes of conference and committees of the California Conference of Local Health Offices. Committees include the Study Committee
on Environmental Sanitation, Committee on Administrative Practices, Committee on Records and Reports, Committee on Recruitment
and Training, Study Committee on Communicable Diseases Control, Executive Committee, Liaison Committee with California Medical
Association, and Study Committee on Civil Defense. Minutes are especially concerned with the establishment of administrative
codes and regulatory changes.

Subject files compiled by the Division of Local Health Services on topics that relate to or were developed by the California
Conference of Local Health Officers. Files include regulations, correspondence, manual revision, forms, guides, reports,
studies, meeting summaries, and other documents. More information on all of these subjects is found in the meeting minutes
of the conference. Notable subject files include civil defense, communicable disease regulations, environmental sanitation,
labor camp housing, local health district act, mental health activities and legislation, poliomyelitis-gamma globulin, poliomyelitis
and immunizations, and used clothing.

R384.079. Box 31/1-31/9

Series 79
Local Health Department Reports1945-1955

Physical Description: 9 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by year and within year alphabetically by local department.

Scope and Content Note

Annual statistical reports completed by city and county health departments for the Division of Local Health Services. Included
are annual reports of finances and personnel that note expenditures by purpose (such as wages, travel, or equipment), where
funding is derived (example, state assistance or local taxes), and percentage spent on activity (including maternal and child
health, crippled children, venereal diseases, tuberculosis, or mental health).

R384.080. Box 31/10-31/14

Series 80
Health Department Administrative Reports1941-1958

Physical Description: 5 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Surveys and reports by the Department of Public Health regarding administration of city and county health departments and
review of their programs and services, along with recommendations.

R384.081. Box 31/15-33/2

Series 81
Field Reports1959-1962

Physical Description: 49 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by city or county and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Field reports, generally filed by staff members or consultants for the chief of the Division of Community Health Services
or Bureau of Public Health Social Work, describing visit to or meetings with local health department. Topics covered included
reviews of procedures and conditions at health departments, hospitals, and clinics; visits with social workers; educational
programs; and seasonal agricultural worker programs. Included with the county files are files for the city health departments
in Berkeley, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Bernardino, and San Jose.

Records of the Bureau of Public Health Social Services/Public Health Social Work1958-1965

R384.082. Box 33/3-33/5

Series 82
City Health Department Files1958-1964

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either Berkeley or Los Angeles and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, newspaper articles, program content summaries, field reports, memoranda, meeting minutes, and similar material
regarding support activities by the Department of Public Health, establishment of additional social work positions, mental
health programs, consultations, program launches, and orientation tours for the state department for the cities of Berkeley
and Los Angeles.

R384.083. Box 33/6-34/17

Series 83
County Files1958-1965

Physical Description: 50 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by county and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Field reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, meeting notes, reports, and other material related to work between county
health departments and division social work consultants. Topics discussed include social work programs, training, development
of new facilities, mental health concerns, venereal diseases, and similar topics.

Division of Preventive Medical Services

Records of the Bureau of Chronic Diseases1946-1961

Scope and Content Note

The bureau provided a chronic disease control program based on (1) consultation with local health agencies, hospitals, and
private physicians with regard to preventive measures, early identification, and management of chronic diseases; (2) demonstration
and evaluation of specific chronic diseases control services; and (3) epidemiological investigations of chronic diseases.

Correspondence, Department Director's Statement, and analyses regarding health and medical effects of air pollution. The
1959 records relate to the Subcommittee on Air Pollution and Radiation Protection.

R384.086. Box 34/21-34/27

Series 86
Association and Society Files1957-1960

Physical Description: 7 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by association name and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting minutes, memoranda, meeting notes, newsletters, reports, correspondence, and manuals for associations and societies
whose interests were air quality and air pollution control and that members of the Bureau of Chronic Diseases belong to.
These groups included the Air Pollution Control Association, Air Pollution Foundation, (Interdepartmental) Air Pollution Advisory
Committee, Alameda County Tuberculosis and Health Association, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Beverly Hills Medical
Society, and Tuberculosis and Health Association of Los Angeles County.

R384.087. Box 34/28-34/32

Series 87
Cancer Files1946-1950

Physical Description: 5 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and memoranda with the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Health regarding California's
program to control cancer problems, grants to university for cancer control projects, collection of state and local information
on cancer, loans of radium, establishment of a cancer registry and recordation at hospitals, and comments on the Department
of Public Health breast cancer film. One file is on cancer cure suggestions and relates to proposed cures for cancer including
use of KC-49 in carcinoma, Koch Treatment, and the Hoxey cancer cure and includes reviews of treatment methods, research on
possible treatments, and investigations of alleged cancer cures.

R384.088. Box 34/33-35/14

Series 88
Meeting, Conferences, and Seminar Files1957-1960

Physical Description: 17 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Files kept by the John Goldsmith, Head, Studies of Health Effects of Air Pollution, Bureau of Chronic Diseases, from the various
meetings, seminars, conferences, workshop, and similar events attended by and participated in by either Goldsmith or division
staff. All of the events related to air pollution and usually included at least one division staff member giving a paper
or leading a discussion. Within the files are department statements and papers, programs, brochures, correspondence, meeting
notes, presentations, summaries of papers, remarks, speeches, newsletters, and other background information. Departmental
presentation topics include epidemiological aspects of air pollution, biological effects of air pollution upon the lung, and
health effects from repeated exposure to air pollution.

R384.089. Box 35/15-35/16

Series 89
Mills Report Files1956-1959

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged gernerally in chronological order.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, analyses, and department reviews of Dr. Clarence A. Mills report, "Respiratory and Cardiac Deaths
in Los Angeles Smogs." The report was alternately called "Sickness and Death Threshold in Los Angeles Smogs."

R384.090. Box 35/17-35/26

Series 90
Public Health Divisional Files1957-1961

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by name of division or bureau and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, reports, reviews, meeting minutes, monthly reports, work plans, and program missions related to
various divisions and bureaus within the Department of Public Health. Divisions and bureaus include the Air and Industrial
Hygiene Laboratory, Bureau of Air Sanitation, Epidemiological Center, Division of Laboratories, Bureau of Occupational Health,
Bureau of Public Health Contract Services, Division of Preventive Medical Services, and Division of Research.

R384.091. Box 35/27-36/3

Series 91
Subject Files1956-1960

Physical Description: 12 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, papers and presentations, brochures, program reviews, notes, charts, and other
materials related to air pollution research subjects compiled by John Goldsmith, Head, Studies of Health Effects of Air Pollution,
Bureau of Chronic Diseases. Subjects include Air Pollution, Alcoholism, Annual Reports, Health Effects of Air Pollution,
Human Population Laboratory, Los Angeles, Oregon, Research Programs, Science Teachers, Vacaville Study, and Work Plans. The
Human Population Laboratory file contains an application for a research grant, memoranda, correspondence, regional studies,
articles, notes, and personnel functions concerning a proposal to establish the laboratory.

Records of the Bureau of Crippled Children Services1939-1972

Scope and Content Note

Functions of the Bureau of Crippled Children Services included administration of a program for the care of handicapped children,
including from such diseases as cerebral palsy, hearing, and rheumatic fever.

R384.092. Box 36/4

Series 92
Activity Reports1939-1941

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly activity report of the Bureau of Crippled Children Services noting such activities as meetings attended, number of
case reviews, clinics held and attended, and hospital admissions and discharges.

R384.093. Box 36/5-36/18

Series 93
State Public Health Plan Files1944-1966

Physical Description: 14 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by fiscal year.

Scope and Content Note

Reports and plans that were required by the U.S. Department of Labor - Children's Bureau in order for the state to receive
federal funding for services for crippled children. Included is background information on methods of administration, various
services provided, health needs of California's mothers and children, budget revisions, and projects and programs administered
by the Bureau of Crippled Children's Services.

R384.094. Box 36/19-36/30

Series 94
Crippled Children Services Plans1944-1953

Physical Description: 12 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Plans and financial reports completed by the Bureau of Crippled Childrens Services and submitted to the regional medical consultant
of the U.S. Children's Bureau for funding under the Social Security Act. Files include instructions, various forms, and correspondence
related to activities of the bureau, changes in policies and procedures, requirements for funding, permanent and five-year
plans, and special projects and programs such as those for rheumatic fever and cerebral palsy.

R384.095. Box 36/31-37/14

Series 95
Staff Meeting Files1966-1968

Physical Description: 16 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either administrative staff meeting or District Administrators' staff meeting files and chronologically therein.

Report of examinations of county crippled children services competed by the Department of Public Health or the State Controller.
The audit reports were fiscal in nature and note moneys spent by the county on treatment, diagnosis, and administration.

R384.097. Box 38/12

Series 97
Cerebral Palsied Children Commitee File1964-1965

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting agendas, recommendations, and correspondence concerning the operation of the Advisory Committee for the School for
Cerebral Palsied Children - Northern California. Dr. Max Rafferty, Director of the Department of Education, formed the committee
to recommend improvements in the policy and philosophy for the school in San Francisco.

R384.098. Box 38/13

Series 98
Department Reorganization File1968

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, organizational charts, and newspaper articles concerning the Department of Public Health reorganization
in 1968 and, in particular, the reorganization of the Bureau of Crippled Children's Services.

The function of the bureau was to provide a program of maternal and child health service in the state that was accomplished
by promoting prenatal and child health services, and by consultation in the maternal and child health field with local health
departments, maternity homes, hospitals, schools, and local physicians.

R384.100. Box 38/25-39/1

Series 100
Committee Files1932-1955

Physical Description: 9 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by committee and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Lists of members, correspondence, memoranda, reports, committee proceedings, proposals, meeting agenda and minutes, and notes
related to committees concerned with children issues such as hearing problems, juvenile justice, and other health issues.
Committees include Advisory Committee on School Audiometry, Governor's Advisory Committee on Children and Youth, California's
Midcentury Conference on Children and Youth, and the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection (1932-1933).

R384.101. Box 39/2-39/5

Series 101
County Files1941-1953

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by county.

Scope and Content Note

Field reports by the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and other Division of Preventive Medical Services' bureaus compiled
from consultations or meetings with hospitals, clinics, county health departments, and classes as well as observations of
facilities. Files are available only for counties that fall alphabetically within Los Angeles and Yuba counties. Meetings
were often conducted at the request of counties for advice on maternal and child health care issues.

R384.102. Box 39/6

Series 102
County Statistics1947-1948

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Series contains single item.

Scope and Content Note

Report titled "California County Statistical for Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, 1947-1948" that includes statistics
on live births (by place of occurrence), historical data from 1920-1944, number of infant deaths, infant and maternal mortality,
and deaths by age group.

R384.103. Box 39/7-40/1

Series 103
Hospital Files1926-1954

Physical Description: 19 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by county and within county by hospital.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, field reports, annual reports, and recommendations concerning maternal and child health work of
the division in coordination with local hospitals. Field reports include information on the purpose of the visit, contacts,
content of visits, general findings, recommendations, and impressions. Reports note observations of maternity units and nursing
techniques, proposed and implemented improvements to services, discussions with staff and students, bassinet care techniques,
studies of diarrhea outbreaks at various hospitals, methods of making and storing formula, and standardization of nursing
shifts at individual hospitals. The annual reports are generally date from the 1920s and 1930s and were compiled by the Bureau
of Child Hygiene.

R384.104. Box 40/2-40/3

Series 104
Maternal and Child Health Plan Files1946-1952

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, drafts of plans, and lists of personnel pertaining to the Maternal and Child Health Plan prepared
by the bureau for the federal Social Security Administration-Children's Bureau. The plan included budget requests to the
Children's Bureau for needs of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, description of services such as immunization, vision
testing, and nursing, summary report of research projects, and historical background material on various services.

Records of the Bureau of Medical Social Services1948-1956

Scope and Content Note

The bureau provided assistance and consultation to the department and local health agencies in the development of adequate
programs in the medical social services field.

R384.105. Box 40/4

Series 105
Administrative Files1948-1956

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Reports, correspondence, statements, annual reports (1951-1956), study, and procedures concerning operation of the Bureau
of Medical Social Services, including such issues as program activities, program operation functions, and duties of the bureau
chief.

R384.106. Box 40/5

Series 106
Monthly Reports1955-1956

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly reports of the Chief of the Bureau of Medical Social Services to the Director of the Department of Public Health noting
work in administration and personnel, education and training, new and continuing projects, and meetings.

R384.107. Box 40/6-40/21

Series 107
Conference Files1952-1956

Physical Description: 16 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Proceedings, findings and recommendations, reviews, testimony, programs, correspondence, meeting minutes, abstracts, and other
data related to conferences attended by members of the Bureau of Medical Social Services. Conferences attended include the
President's Commission on Health Needs, Unwed Parenthood, National Conference on Social Work, California Association for Health
and Welfare, Southwest Conference on Migrant Labor, Institute on Geriatrics, Handicapped Children, Governor's Conference on
Mental Health, Conference on Physicians and Schools, and California Conference on Rural Health.

R384.108. Box 40/22-41/14

Series 108
County Studies, Surveys, and Reports1950-1956

Physical Description: 29 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged general files first, then alphabetically by county, and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Studies, surveys, and reports completed or collected by the Department of Public Health on counties or county health departments.
Reports include such topics as health department program and service reviews, tuberculosis surveys, dental health studies,
county health conditions, and hospital surveys. General files include a report to the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Labor
Resources Committee by the Department of Public Health, dated November 14, 1950. Counties include Alameda, Butte, El Dorado,
Fresno, Humboldt, Lassen, Los Angeles, Monterey, Orange, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo,
Santa Cruz, Solano, Trinity, Tuolumne, and Ventura.

R384.109. Box 41/15-41/18

Series 109
Tuberculosis Studies1955-1956

Physical Description: 4 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Studies created or collected by the Bureau of Medical Social Services related to tuberculosis. Studies are related to vocational
rehabilitation, alcoholism and tuberculosis, non-residents, and aid to incapacitated fathers. Some files include background
information such as memoranda, reports, correspondence, and meeting minutes.

R384.110. Box 41/19-41/24

Series 110
Youth Committee Files1954-1955

Physical Description: 6 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Conference brochures, committee findings and recommendations, memoranda, program plan, meeting notes, handouts, and other
background information on the Governor's Conferences on California's Children and Youth. The conferences were established
to study continuing needs and new concerns and share knowledge regarding the best practices and programs of the state that
affect youth and children. Also included are files on 1955 town meetings on delinquency held by the Governor's Advisory Committee
on Children and Youth.

Records of the Bureau of Mental Retardation Services1965-1971

Scope and Content Note

The Bureau of Mental Retardation Services was established in 1965 with the primary responsibility of implementation of Chapter
1242 (Statutes 1965), which established a regional centers program for mentally retarded persons, and for administration of
the program.

R384.111. Box 41/25-42/1

Series 111
Regional Center Files1965

Physical Description: 15 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by facility and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

This series is related to the regional centers required by Chapter 1242 (Statutes 1965) and that instructed the Department
of Public Health to contract with community agencies for regional centers to treat those who were "mental retarded." Files
contain monthly reports, correspondence, memoranda, local board meeting minutes and agendas, applications, and contracts.
Topics discussed include guardianship, work with regional coordinating councils and service centers, residency requirements,
project proposals, and regional coordinated and unified services for the mentally retarded. Regional centers represented:
Alta California, Fresno, Far Northern, and Golden Gate.

R384.112. Box 42/2

Series 112
East Los Angeles Retarded Children Association (ELARCA) Files1968-1969

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, and meeting notes and minutes related to the East Los Angeles Retarded Children Association (El
ARCA) and the problems with delivering services to the East Los Angeles community, including such topics as bilingual difficulties,
funding requests, and relationship with the Los Angeles Regional Center.

R384.113. Box 42/3-42/9

Series 113
Hospital Improvement Program (HIP) Grant Files1964-1971

Physical Description: 7 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either Sonoma or Porterville State Hospitals and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Hospital Improvement Projects (HIP) grant files for Sonoma and Porterville State Hospitals, which include correspondence,
memoranda, project summaries, grant applications, list of grants, and background information of grants. Grants include: Intensive
Treatment of Disturbed Youth Retardates; Habilitation of Disturbed Adolescent Male Retardates; Educating the Community to
Accept the Retarded; and Total Care of the Multi-Handicapped Child; Training Program for Retarded Blind and Deaf Children;
and Community Development Project in Mental Retardation.

R384.114. Box 42/10-42/11

Series 114
Interagency Subcommittee Files1968-1969

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, progress reports, and memoranda related to the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Coordination of Services for
the Retarded, that was the Human Relations Agency task force on mental retardation services. Files concern reviews of services
to the mentally retarded, problems with organization and delivery of services, and proposals from the Departments of Public
Health and Social Welfare for regional services for the mentally retarded. Included is "A Plan for Coordinated Regional Services
for the Mentally Retarded and Their Families."

The State Board of Health was authorized by Chapter 583 (Statutes 1919) to maintain a Bureau of Child Hygiene. In 1929 the
bureau was placed under the Division of Public Health during the departmental reorganization. Among the bureau's responsibilities
were to investigate the conditions of children in the state, inspection and licensing of maternity homes and hospitals, providing
advice on prenatal care to expectant mothers, and distribution of educational information.

R384.118. Box 43/8-43/9

Series 118
Monthly Reports1933-1941

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Narrative monthly activity reports by the Chief of the Bureau of Child Hygiene to the Director of Public Health noting such
activities as field trips taken, number of examinations made, literature distributed, clinics attended, materials prepared
for distribution, and talks given. After 1936 the reports are more detailed and note the work of the medical, dental, nursing,
and nutrition staffs.

R384.119. Box 43/10

Series 119
Migratory Demonstration Report1938

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Series contains single item.

Scope and Content Note

"Report of the Second Year of the Migratory Demonstration, July, 1937-June, 1938: Trailing Child and Maternal Health into
California Migratory Agricultural Camps."

Records of the Bureau of Registration of Nurses1933-1937

R384.120. Box 43/11

Series 120
Monthly Reports1933-1937

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Monthly reports of activity to the Director of Public Health describing the work of the Bureau of Registration of Nurses and
its individual staff members. The reports note meeting, conferences, and conventions taken part in, classes visited, grading
of exams, and field trips made for nursing instruction.

Community Health Services and Resources Program

Records of the Community Health Services and Resources Program1967-1972

R384.121. Box 43/12

Series 121
Staff Meeting Files1971

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Agendas and minutes of program staff meetings regarding such topics as budget, Public Law 89-749 Section 314 (d) applications,
health care reports, quality of health care status, and program review.

R384.122. Box 43/13-43/15

Series 122
Program Files1968-1971

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, position papers, and charts regarding responsibilities of the Community Health Services and Resources
Program, especially those of the Bureau of Health Facility Planning and Construction as well as Health Resources Unit. Records
reflect the close relationship of the program with the Office of Comprehensive Health Planning on such issues as development
of policy for patient care and quality of care.

R384.123. Box 43/16-43/18

Series 123
Committee Files1968-1971

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting reports, correspondence, memoranda, notices, and meeting minutes from the Health Facilities Planning Committee of
the California State Health Planning Council and the Quality of Health Care Committee. The minutes of the Health Facility
Committee concern development of policy and recommendations for the 1970-1971 State Plan for Hospitals and Related Health
Facilities. The Health Care Quality Committee relates to the improvement of the quality of health care delivery services.

R384.124. Box 43/19

Series 124
Departmental Mission and Objectives1964-1967

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Department publications listing mission, objectives, and functions of the divisions and bureaus of the Department of Public
Health, and also includes mission statements, organization charts, and objectives.

R384.125. Box 43/20-43/21

Series 125
Licensing and Certification Files1969-1971

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, regulations, and Departmental Issue Memoranda pertaining to certification of health facilities,
proposed regulation changes in licensing of California hospitals and nursing homes, and regulations for destruction of narcotics
in certain hospitals.

R384.126. Box 43/22-43/24

Series 126
Mental Retardation Files1968-1971

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, notes, notices, regulations, and directives concerning the care for the state's mentally retarded
citizens, including certification of State Hospitals for the Mentally Retarded, placement in nursing homes, use of nurses
and licensed psychiatric technicians, nursing home standards, Medicare claims for state institutions, and changes in regulations.

R384.127. Box 43/25-43/26

Series 127
Planning and Construction Files1969-1971

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Reports, memoranda, regulations, and correspondence concerning funding for health facilities, construction of health facilities
throughout the state, review of applications for construction of mental health centers, building standards and regulations,
and proposed legislation.

Papers and statements by the chief of the Community Health Services and Resources Program for use in development of the California
State Plan for Health including papers on health facilities and services, resource essentials for quality care, determining
needs for beds, outpatient care, and consumer involvement in health planning.

Records of the Bureau of Public Health Contract Services1968-1974

Scope and Content Note

The Bureau of Public Health Contract Services provided, through contracts, minimal public health services for 15 California
counties with populations under 40,000. The department organized and operated local public health departments under contract
and in cooperation with county Boards of Supervisors and others. Local public health services were provided by public health
nurses and sanitarians.

R384.131. Box 44/19-44/23

Series 131
Coordinator Reports1973-1974

Physical Description: 5 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either Public Health Nursing or Sanitation, within those subseries by northern or southern coordinator, and chronologically
therein.

Scope and Content Note

The Public Health Nursing reports include weekly narrative reports by the regional coordinators to the Chief of Public Health
Nursing and note such activities as work conducted in counties including immunizations, family planning clinics, meetings
with county health officers, nursing coverage in schools, skin testing programs, drug abuse programs, and cases of special
interest. The sanitation reports are from area coordinators to the Chief of Sanitation and list water surveys completed,
suspected disease outbreaks, sewage disposal problems, meetings, rabies concerns, and activities of specific counties.

The Office of Comprehensive Health Planning was responsible for developing the State's long-range plan to meet health needs.
The office was created after the enactment of the federal Public Law 89-749, which called for each state to develop a "State
Plan for Health" that the federal government would use to determine the amount of aid each state would receive for health
planning. The office incorporated participation by both providers of health service and consumers of health service for this
comprehensive health planning. It also assisted and coordinated the state's regional comprehensive health planning units
in developing procedures for their areas.

Files from the meetings of the State Health Planning Council and its various subcommittee, which include the Health Facilities
Committee, Executive Committee, and Steering Committee. Included are minutes noting those in attendance, purpose of the meetings,
and topics discussed at the meeting. Files for some meetings also contain attachments to the minutes such as prepared statements,
organizational data, staff reports, transcripts, presentations, and other information. The council heard recommendations
from the people who worked in local communities that the council used to assist in developing state and areawide comprehensive
health planning programs. It also considered policies and guidelines and reviewed Public Law (P.L. 87-749) Section 314 grant
applications.

R384.135. Box 46/21-47/3

Series 135
State Advisory Hospital Council Files1967-1969

Physical Description: 6 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by date of hearing.

Scope and Content Note

Meeting agendas and minutes, staff and committee reports, and other attached information concerning the State Advisory Hospital
Council meetings and the council's role in funding of community mental health centers, guidelines for coordinated state and
regional planning, development and modifications to the State Plan for the Hospital and Health Facility Planning and Construction
Program, and federal and state funding.

R384.136. Box 47/4-47/5

Series 136
Areawide Executive Directors Files1969-1971

Physical Description: 2 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and other records related to the executive directors of the local areawide comprehensive
health associations. Discussed within the files are such topics as legislation, funding sources, public relations, liability
of members of voluntary health planning agencies, use of census for planning, and an issue report from the Conference of California
Areawide Directors (September 22-24, 1970).

R384.137. Box 47/6

Series 137
Activity Report1968

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Series contains single item.

Scope and Content Note

Report titled "Comprehensive Health Planning: Summary of Activities for the Period July 1, 1967-June 30, 1968" that includes
notes on meetings of the State Health Planning Council, priorities for planning, activities and organization of the State
Health Planning Agency, and organization of communities for Areawide Comprehensive Health Planning.

Arranged with general files first, then files related to either the Regional Health Advisory Committee and Migrant Health.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, resolution, draft regulations, guidelines, and organizational charts pertaining to the federal
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in particular Region IX, and its role in approval of grants and funds under
Public Law 89-749, Section 314 for comprehensive health planning. Such topics discussed are review of materials for the National
Health Service Corps, areawide directors meetings, compliance of comprehensive health planning programs, and licensing of
physicians and allied health professionals. The migrant health file relates to local migrant health programs and a statewide
migrant health proposal.

R384.140. Box 47/13-47/15

Series 140
U.S. Public Health Service Files1968-1970

Physical Description: 3 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Articles, speeches, and incoming and outgoing correspondence with the federal Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- U.S. Public Health Service regarding coverage by areawide comprehensive health planning agencies, development of a State
Plan for Health, Section 314 grant policies and procedures, and approval of grants and expenditures.

R384.141. Box 47/16-47/21

Series 141
State Agency Files1968-1970

Physical Description: 6 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by agency and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, lists, guidelines, notes, newsletters, reports, agreements, and other documents pertaining to the
role of state agencies in comprehensive health planning and information on health services provided by various agencies.
Individual files concern the Department of Health Care Services, Department of Justice - Attorney General, Department of Mental
Hygiene, and Department of Social Welfare/Rehabilitation. Topics discussed include coordination of comprehensive health planning,
litigation involving or affecting the State Health Planning Council, five-year State Mental Health Plan, and development of
the mental health component of the statewide comprehensive health planning.

R384.142. Box 47/22-48/3

Series 142
Association Files1968-1971

Physical Description: 12 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, memoranda, meeting papers, questionnaires, membership lists, studies, comments, and reports related to associations
that worked with or were affected by the Office of Comprehensive Health Planning. Notable associations and societies include
the California Medical Association, American Public Health Association, American Cancer Society, and National Association
of Comprehensive Health Planning. Topics discussed include the associations' role in comprehensive health planning, organization
of areawide groups, and membership on the State Health Planning Council. The California Medical Association includes a report
titled "A Proposal by the California Medical Association for a Unified, Single Health Department in the State."

R384.143. Box 48/4

Series 143
California Council for Retarded Children File1969

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, correspondence, project proposals, surveys, and studies related to project proposals for the California Council
for Retarded Children, especially concerning the relationship between mental retardation and comprehensive health planning
as required by AB 225 (1969) and in developing services for the mentally retarded.

R384.144. Box 48/5-48/9

Series 144
Health Manpower Council Files1969-1971

Physical Description: 5 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports, newsletters, statements, and studies pertaining to the Health Manpower Council of California, which
was established to promote adequate health manpower in the state by initiating studies and research, formulate policies and
methods to meet needs, and coordinate related agencies. Topics discussed include improved education for health workers, manpower
distribution problems, problems with recruitment, projection for 1975, and contracting between the council and the Department
of Public Health.

R384.145. Box 48/10-48/24

Series 145
Committee Files1969-1971

Physical Description: 15 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by committee and chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda, bills, recommendations, statements, articles, meeting minutes, and position papers related to committees that worked
with the Department of Public Health on comprehensive health planning. Topics discussed included implementation of AB 1340
(1969), development of the model cities program, in particular, Los Angeles, regional planning, and determination of regional
boundaries. Individual committee files are found for the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Services, California Committee on Regional
Medical Programs, Council on Intergovernmental Relations, Joint Health Policy Committee, and Model Cities Liaison Group.

R384.146. Box 48/25-48/31

Series 146
Conference and Workshop Files1970-1971

Physical Description: 7 file folders

Arrangement

Arranged by either conferences or workshops and alphabetically thereunder.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, proceedings, and conference minutes and reports for the California Conference of Local Health Officers (1970-1971)
and the California Conference of Mental Health Directors (1970). Workshops were hosted by the Department of Public Health
to educate on various topics include Comprehensive Health Planning Model Cities Workshop (August 20-21, 1970), Health Facilities
Planning (September 23-24, 1971), and C.I.R. Workshop (July 23, 1971). The C.I.R. Workshop was on "Effective Working Relationship."

Reports, correspondence, outline reviews, and other documents pertaining to the California Health Information for Planning
Service (CHIPS) of the Department of Public Health. The service was an attempt to establish an information system to supply
data essential for comprehensive health planning. Files also include a presentation by John Deery on information systems
for health facilities planning, a proposal for development of an areawide health planning information exchange, and the minutes
of the Committee on Information System for Health Facilities Planning.

Memoranda, meeting minutes, press releases, charts, recommendations, and reports related to the implementation of AB 225 (1969),
planning for the State Mental Retardation Program, the work of the Agency Coordinating Committee to Implement AB 225, establishment
of additional regional centers, and the State Plan for Mental Retardation Services. One file relates to the establishment
of regional boundaries.

Correspondence, statements, reports, organizational charts, and reorganization plans related to the department reorganization
in 1968, reorganization of the Office of Comprehensive Health Planning, and movement of various divisions to programs. Also
included is task force report on the organization of state health services from 1969.